Re: git-subtree Ready #2

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On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 04:21:57PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:

> > So the answer to your question is yes, but I do not think we heard opinion
> > from anybody regarding the question by Avery yet.  I personally do not see
> > how it would help us if the old history is rewritten at this point.
> 
> Yeah, I don't see much point in rewriting. If parts of the history suck,
> then so be it.  It's probably not that big to store. And while it's
> sometimes easier to fix bad commit messages when they are recent and in
> your memory (rather than trying to remember later what you meant to
> say), I think it is already too late for that. Any archaeology you do
> now to make good commit messages could probably just as easily be done
> if and when somebody actually needs the commit message later (emphasis
> on the "if" -- it's likely that nobody will care about most of the
> commit messages later at all).

Sorry, the "you" there is meant to be David. Forgot who I was responding
to for a minute.

-Peff
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